Internationalization of R&D in two high-tech clusters and cooperation of R&D units in those clusters
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Štrukelj, Peter [1] ; Dolinšek, Slavko [1]
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[1] University of Primorska
University of Primorska
Eslovenia
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- Localización: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, ISSN-e 2013-0953, Vol. 3, Nº. Extra 2, 2010 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Special Issue - Management of Technologies: Step to Sustainable Production), págs. 294-308
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
In the paper, we present how transnational corporations (TNCs) internationalize their R&D and how they allocate foreign R&D units in high-tech clusters, where competitors of these TNCs, research and academic institutions, and suppliers of these TNCs are also located. We confront two paradigms of R&D internationalization (traditional and new one) and we determine what are the main motives that drive R&D internationalization of TNCs. Based on a modern innovation theory, we derive a cluster approach as a specific method of analyzing modern R&D internationalization. We then present an analysis of two high-tech clusters (Cambridge, Bangalore) and we show that some TNCs allocate their foreign R&D units into those clusters, in order to make use of available external knowledge from academic institutions through intensive R&D collaborations.
